African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil (Paperback)

Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, is often referred to as "Brazil's Black Rome". Culturally complex, vibrant, and rich with history, its African-descended population is one of the largest in Latin America. Yet despite representing a majority of the population, African-Bahians remain a marginalized racial group within the state as a whole. In African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil, Scott Ickes examines how in the middle of the twentieth century, African-Bahian cultural practices such as capoeira, samba, and Candomble during carnival and other popular religious festivals came to be accepted as essential components of Bahian regional identity. Previously, public performances of traditionally African-Bahian practices were repressed in favor of more European traditions and a more "modern" vision. Newfound acceptance of these customs was a democratic move forward, but it also perpetuated the political and economic marginalization of the black majority. Ickes argues that cultural-political alliances between African-Bahian cultural practitioners and their dominant-class allies nevertheless helped to create a meaningful framework through which African-Bahian inclusion could be negotiated a framework that is also important in the larger discussions of race and regional and national identity throughout Brazil.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New World Diasporas
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Scott Ickes
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-6170-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-8130-6170-9
Barcode:	9780813061702

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